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Italian government in limbo as president rejects PM Draghi’s resignation

Offer to resign came after coalition parter refused to take part in confidence vote

The Independent UK

Italy: Gov’t collapse averted as president refuses PM resignation

PM Mario Draghi had offered his resignation after the Five Star Movement boycotted a crucial vote in parliament.

Al Jazeera

Italy's president rejects Draghi resignation, tells him to address parliament

The Italian head of state on Thursday rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi and asked him to address parliament to get a clear picture of the political situation, a statement from President Sergio Mattarella's office said.

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Italy's president rejects Prime Minister Mario Draghi's offer to resign

The premier offered to quit after a coalition ally refused to support a key bill, but the nation's president asked Draghi to see if he can still find a majority in Parliament willing to back him.

WEKU

Italian prime minister Mario Draghi to resign after coalition partner snub

Crisis prompted by Five Star Movement’s boycott of crucial confidence vote

The Guardian - UK

Italy's president refuses Prime Minister Draghi's resignation

Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday refused to accept Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s resignation, in a political crisis experts warned could send the eurozone’s third largest economy to snap elections.

France 24

Fate of Italy's government hangs in balance after setback

The survival of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's government is hanging in the balance before a key vote in the Senate

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Factbox-Possible scenarios as Italy's government faces collapse

Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government is on the brink of collapse after the 5-Star Movement said it will not take part in a parliamentary confidence vote on a cost-of-living aid package on Thursday.

Reuters

'No, Mario', Italian president urges PM Draghi not to quit

Italy's president rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday after a day of political drama that threatened to bring down a national unity government that has been in office less than 18 months.

Reuters

Algerian President in Italy Discusses Energy, Renewed Clashes in Libya

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune discussed in Italy the European need for gas, the renewed clashes in Libya, illegal migration, the instability in the Sahel region, and the war on terrorism. Earlier, Tebboune announced that his country was determined to adopt the Italian experience to establish small and medium enterprises. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Letizia Battaglia, who shot life and death in Palermo, dies

Letizia Battaglia, an Italian photographer who documented the arrests of Mafia bosses and the bodies of their victims, has died in her native Sicilian city of Palermo

The Independent UK

Italy's politics, public opinion, could weaken West's anti-Putin front

Divisions between Italy's political parties and ambivalence among its public over the war in Ukraine could become a weak link in the West's efforts to present a united front against Russia, analysts say.

Reuters

Aoun Defends Hezbollah, Says it Has No Influence on Lebanon’s Security Situation

Lebanese President Michel Aoun defended Hezbollah on Tuesday, saying the Party has no influence on Lebanon’s security situation. In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Aoun stressed that the Shiite party’s position inside Lebanon is completely different from its view abroad. “Hezbollah has no influence, in any way,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy's Sergio Mattarella sworn in for a second term

President Sergio Mattarella received an astounding 55 rounds of applause from an otherwise divided Italian parliament Thursday during a wide-ranging speech that underlined the need for national unity after he was sworn in to a second term in office

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Italy's Mattarella sworn in as president for second term

Sergio Mattarella took office for a second term as Italy's president on Thursday when he was sworn in before a joint session of both houses of parliament.

The Conversation

Three reasons why Mattarella’s reappointment as Italy’s president is a huge relief for the west

After a tumultuous week of secret votes and intense negotiations between political parties, Italy has reconfirmed Sergio Mattarella as head of state for a second seven-year term. The decision implies that Mario Draghi, the Italian prime minister for nearly a year who was seen as a contender to replace Mattarella,…

Reuters

Italy's Draghi seen facing tough year after presidential wrangling

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is likely to have a hard time controlling his coalition, politicians and analysts warn, after relations within and among the ruling parties worsened over this week's election of a new head of state.

Tribune News Service

Italy reelects Mattarella as president while Draghi remains premier

ROME — Sergio Mattarella was reelected as Italy’s president, offering relief to investors by setting up former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi to remain prime minister.

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Italy's Mattarella drops retirement plan, stays on as president

President Sergio Mattarella had already signed a lease on a new apartment and called in the packers, making it clear he wanted to leave the Quirinale Palace the minute his seven-year mandate expired on Feb. 3.

Tribune News Service

Italy asks Mattarella to remain president as parties in gridlock

ROME — Italy’s political parties are set to elect outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to a second term after failing to break a political impasse over who will replace him.

Al Jazeera

Italian President Sergio Mattarella re-elected, ending impasse

Mattarella, 80, agrees to serve a second seven-year term after political parties fail to find an acceptable alternative.

The Guardian - UK

Sergio Mattarella reelected Italy’s president amid deep divisions

80-year-old did not want a new term but was persuaded to stay on after failure to find successor

The Independent UK

Political leaders struggle to decide Italy's next president

Italian political leaders are still scrambling to clinch a deal that will give the country its next president

Reuters

Italy re-elects President Mattarella, government unity bruised

Italian head of state Sergio Mattarella was re-elected for a second term on Saturday, with party chiefs asking him to carry on after a week of fruitless, often fraught voting in parliament to choose a successor.

The Independent UK

No result in 3rd round of vote for new Italian president

The third round of voting for a new Italian president ended has again ended inconclusively, sending political parties into yet more intense negotiations to come up with a viable candidate to replace President Sergio Mattarella, whose term expires next week

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